The last known surviving veteran of World War I has died. Florence Green, 110, was a waitress in Britain's Royal Air Force.

"In a way, that the last veteran should be a lady and someone who served on the home front is something that reminds me that warfare is not confined to the trenches," Retired Air Vice-Marshal Peter Dye told Time.

"It reminds us of the Great War, and all warfare since then has been something that involved everyone," Dye, director-general of the RAF Museum, told Time.Â "It's a collective experience. ... Sadly, whether you are in New York, in London, or in Kandahar, warfare touches all of our lives."

Green was 17 when she joined the Women's Royal Air Force in 1918, two months before the armistice, the BBC reported.

She recalled her wartime experiencesÂ in a 2008 interview, retold in Time.

"I met dozens of pilots and would go on dates," she said. "I had the opportunity to go up in one of the planes but I was scared of flying. I would work every hour God sent. But I had dozens of friends on the base and we had a great deal of fun in our spare time. In many ways, I had the time of my life."

Two weeks shy of her 111thÂ birthday, GreenÂ died in her sleep Saturday night at a home care facility in King's Lynn, Norfolk, according to the BBC.

The people who are obsesses with the "hair" issue should focus on the service that this lady gave to the war effort. It doesn't matter, either, whether she had the "time of her life", either. She was there, supporting her country and helping the servicemen. RIP, sweet lady!

"America entered World War One on April 6th, 1917. Up to that date, America had tried to keep out of World War One â€“ though she had traded with nations involved in the war â€“ but unrestricted submarine warfare, introduced by the Germans on January 9th, 1917, was the primary issue that caused Woodrow Wilson to ask Congress to declare war on Germany on April 2nd. Four days later, America joined World War One on the side of the Allies."

America got into WWII near the end of it too....... Canada on the other hand fought hard from the start.

The vindictive drivel permeating many of these adolescent reponses to this woman's wartime service is a disgrace and smacks of immaturity, inexperience and never having served. But, I suppose that's the nature of this "Post a Comment" beast! You have my pity. Life is passing you by.

I agree with you 100% Greyeaagle. These idiots show such a sense of immaturity it makes me shudder to think they could be our next leaders. But, given their limited brainpower, I rest with the knowledge that I would expect them to be flipping burgers or waiting at home for their next social security cheque.

I laughed at one of this lady's comments in another article I read about her. When asked how it feels to be 110, she replied, "Pretty much how it felt to be 109." As my mother used to say, "You ask a foolish question, you get a foolish answer!"

she lived through all of mans atricitiries, a women told her story of life,she may have never seen front lines or the tragedy of war at 17 and 2 months in but she gained life experience which not one man or politician ever asked for, she probably died the great believer in freedom but the least observed too man repeats his mistakes. some one should have asked this women her political veiw or opinion over her lenght of time ,but she was one of the forgoting few who probably knew what the political party has no clue to,man needs to look back to succeeed.

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